LINE AGENCIES

Based on the number of people who form a line in order to transact with a government agency, the NSO (National Statistics Office) at corner J.M. Basa and Rizal streets in Iloilo City would naturally fall in the No. 1 place.  No. 2 would most likely be the PRC (Professional Regulation Commission)

TRACE

Situation 1.

    You just won the governorship position in the May 10 election.  A person who claims to have supported you comes asking you to return the favor.  He files his application for a position at the provincial capitol.  He says that because of his help, you won by a big margin in his precinct.  You want to test the veracity of his claim.  And you want it done fast

Barangay of Tigbanaba

(Geo-hazardous Location)

Brgy. Tigbanaba is an inland barangay in the Municipality of Igbaras, Iloilo.  It featured prominently in the news in the later part of 2009 because of an encounter between troops from the Army’s 82nd Battalion and members of the NPA’s Napoleon Tumagtang Command.  Reports have it that the Army had overrun a rebel command post where they recovered

KEEP MOVING ON

May 2010 election has come and gone leaving a paper trail where it came around. Piles and piles of campaign materials made of tarpaulins and paper were taken down from the common poster areas while those hanging along the highways were still flying high and proud. Oh, the smiling faces of the candidates on the posters pasted on tree trunks were just as radiant as

High up there…

(Last night we were discussing about how the Mountain Province was so ideal for the summer vacations that Filipino families always look forward to. I'd like to share this little glimpse on the history of the place.)

Like gigantic stairways extending up over a thousand feet to the mountain sides are the rice terraces. Reportedly, when these are placed end to end, it is estimated to go halfway around the world at

Quintos

A Spanish word ‘quintos’… the fifth!

Many years ago the word ‘quintos’ was most feared by Filipino families. Why so? Fear for this ordinal number emanated from the Spanish military draft. We were under Spain that time. The recruitment was their means to beef up their naval forces.

It was then when sailing the uncharted seas as a fighter of the big powers such as Spain was tantamount to committing a suicide because during that time, it was not a profession but it was some kind of

LINTI

Cuss word? Oh, depends on how the word is used and who uses the term … that includes the situation too. Do you know that ‘linti’ can replace any other hiligaynon word of anger, surprise or even praise? Just listen to the accent… you’ll know.
It’s very Ilongo. Linti has no word equivalent anywhere in the world; yet, it has countless meanings to us Ilong-Ilonganons. Unlike the word idiot in English (meaning someone stupid or someone with very low IQ) which can be translated to other Asian languages such as